Rural municipalities commit to promote car sharing; 100,000 shared cars by 2021
5 years ago

Rural municipalities commit to promote car sharing; 100,000 shared cars by 2021

NL Times  

The 20 largest rural municipalities in the Netherlands on Wednesday signed an accord with Minister Stientje van Veldhoven, responsible for Housing and Environment, to promote car sharing in their municipalities. The government strives to promote car sharing in the Netherlands as much as possible. Car sharing creates more parking space, and has benefits for the climate - car sharers emit on average between 8 and 13 percent less CO2, the Ministry said. I think that car sharing in combination with, for example, the train, bus and electric bicycle, can really offer a customized solution," he said.

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Car sharing isn’t compulsory – but is it the sustainable transport hack of the future?
1 year, 3 months ago

Car sharing isn’t compulsory – but is it the sustainable transport hack of the future?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet perhaps Rishi Sunak’s surprise pledge might encourage travellers to look again at car sharing as an option on environmental …

Dutch residents will have to ditch their cars for sustainable transport system
1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch residents will have to ditch their cars for sustainable transport system

NL Times  

To build a fully climate-neutral transport system in the Netherlands, many citizens will have to give up their cars, Jan Willem Eirsman, the government’s new chief climate adviser as chairman of the Scientific Climate Council, told the AD. According to Erisman, it is questionable whether it will even be possible in the long term to just replace petrol and diesel …

Discount parking for electric cars from 2023
2 years, 6 months ago

Discount parking for electric cars from 2023

NL Times  

Dutch municipalities can charge lower parking rates for electric cars and cars that run on hydrogen from next year. The Cabinet is amending the Municipalities Act to boost emission-free driving in yet another way, State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen of Infrastructure said in a letter to parliament. Next year, they can also give a discount to cars that run without emissions. …

People in rural areas increasingly forced to rely on cars
2 years, 10 months ago

People in rural areas increasingly forced to rely on cars

NL Times  

People living outside the bigger cities in the Netherlands are being forced to rely on cars more frequently. Furthermore, public transport links are not as reliable in smaller cities, suburban regions, and rural areas, as in large cities, researchers from the Knowledge Institute for Mobility Policy wrote in their publication "Widespread car ownership in the Netherlands." Private car ownership has …

Half of Dutch willing to consider car-, bike-sharing
5 years, 6 months ago

Half of Dutch willing to consider car-, bike-sharing

NL Times  

Almost half of Dutch are willing to consider exchanging their car for a Mobility as a Service subscription, according to a study by PanelWizard commissioned by ABN Amro among a thousand Dutch people. For this amount users want to be able to use all forms of shared- and public transport: bus, train, shared car, shared bicycle, shared scooter. Ideally, users …

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